Learn what pagan calendars as well as the Holy Bible itself have
to say about the end of the current human age in Tom Horn's
"Apollyon Rising 2012," direct from WND's Superstore.

"The Maya understood this procession of the equinox, basically
not to end, but to roll over, to start over," in December 2012,
Horn explained.

He says their prophets coupled that date "with prophecies of
unrest on Earth after which a new form of man appears on Earth,
plus the return of their dragon god, a flying serpent who has
the power of air."

He says the Kali Yuga calendar of the Hindus forecasts global
changes around 2012, and China's "Book of Changes," also known
as the "I-Ching," predicts the end for the same year.

A timeline graph created in 1973 based on China's Book of
Changes, or I-Ching, shows the line plunging entirely off the
graph precisely on Dec. 21, 2012.
Horn says 38 years ago, when scientists Terrence and Dennis
McKenna created a stock-market-like linear graph based on the
"I-Ching," the timeline abruptly plunged off the graph into
infinity on precisely Dec. 21, 2012.

"This finding is all the more astonishing given that McKenna's
research was published in 1973 independent of any knowledge of
the ending date in the Mayan calendar," Horn noted.

Meanwhile, the Zohar, a collection of books in the mystical
Jewish Kabbalah that first debuted in Spain in the 13th century,
talks about the coming of the Messiah at the same general time
the other calendars forecast the end.

It predicts in late 2012, "All the kings of the world will
assemble in the great city of Rome, and the Holy One will shower
on them fire and hail and meteoric stones until they are all
destroyed, with the exception of those who will not yet have
arrived there. These will commence anew to make other wars. From
that time the Mashiach (Messiah) will begin to declare himself,
and round him there will be gathered many nations and many hosts
from the uttermost ends of the Earth."

Horn says, "Given the rejection of Jesus by orthodox Jews as
Messiah, this coming could herald the coming of Antichrist in
2012."

What's perhaps most fascinating is Horn's discussion of what
could be the mother of all conspiracy theories, dating back to
the Bible's Book of Genesis, involving Noah's great grandson
Nimrod, who not only built the famous Tower of Babel, but is the
"mighty hunter" who scholars believe became worshipped as the
sun god, with names such as Osiris in Egypt and Apollo in
Greece.

Horn says from deepest antiquity, a plot involving pagan
sun-worshippers, America's Founding Fathers, Masons and
Freemasons has apparently been in the works, culminating in the
end time with the return or resurrection of an evil,
supernatural being. That character may actually be pictured as
the all-seeing eye on top of the uncapped pyramid on the Great
Seal of the United States, found on the back of a $1 bill.

Others have speculated the eye on top of the pyramid could be a
representation of Jesus Christ, since the Bible notes, "The
stone the builders rejected has become the capstone." (Psalm
118:22 New International Version).

The date at the base of the pyramid is 1776, which is not only
the year the Declaration of Independence was signed, but also
the beginning of a new Mayan "katun," a time period of 19.7
years. If each of the 13 levels of the pyramid on the Great Seal
represents one of these time periods, the top level would mark
the year 2012.

The Latin phrase "Novus ordo seclorum" is part of the American
seal, and translates to "New order of the ages," which some fear
is what many U.S. presidents, including George Herbert Walker
Bush, allude to when they use the phrase, "New World Order."

Other strange connections to the United States include the
Frieze of American History, a painted panorama at the U.S.
Capitol.

Among the artwork is "Cortez and Montezuma at Mexican Temple" by
Italian artist Constantino Brumidi.

Montezuma is shown gesturing to the sacred fire with a serpent
wrapped around it. According to the Aztec calendar, the fire is
predicted to burn out on Dec. 21, 2012.

It depicts Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez, the conqueror of
Mexico, entering the Aztec temple in 1519. He's welcomed by
Emperor Montezuma II, who thought Cortez was a god.

"Montezuma's hand is pointing directly down at the sacred fire,
which, in point of fact, goes out ... Dec. 21, 2012, the end of
the calendar," Horn noted.

Also featured in the frieze is the Aztec calendar stone, and the
sun god Tonatiuh, to whom pagan priests had 80,000 people
sacrificed in the year of 1487 alone.

"Hiding in plain sight is the god who demands human sacrifice,"
said Horn.

He says another high-profile piece that may hold end-time clues
is the famous painting in the Rotunda of the Capitol, titled
"The Apotheosis of George Washington." The word "apotheosis"
means to deify or elevate to divine status, and Washington is
depicted being resurrected and becoming divine.

The U.S. Capitol Rotunda features "The Apotheosis of George
Washington," with America's first president becoming glorified
as a god, along with numerous pagan gods.

But Horn notes in "Apollyon Rising 2012":

Those who believe the United States was
founded on Christianity and visit the Capitol for the first time
will be surprised by the stark contrast to historic Christian
artwork of the ascension of Jesus Christ compared to the
"heaven" George Washington rises into from within the energized
Capitol Dome/womb of Isis. It is not occupied by angels, but
with devils and pagan deities important to Masonic belief. These
include Hermes, Neptune, Venus (Isis), Ceres, Minerva, and
Vulcan (Satan), of course, the son of Jupiter and Juno to which
human sacrifices are made.

Horn says the symbolism in the painting associated with the
deeply rooted idea that chosen humans are selected by
supernatural forces, and their earthly kingdoms are formed and
guided by these pagan gods.

Washington was himself a Mason, and, according to the book "The
Age of Washington" by George W. Nordham, the president was
dressed in Masonic attire as he laid the cornerstone of the U.S.
Capitol on Sept. 18, 1793.

When it comes to biblical references to the end, a central theme
is that Jesus Christ will be returning to Earth in what is often
referred to as the "Second Coming" to administer the kingdom of
God. While Scripture does not provide a specific date for "the
day of the Lord" as it's often called, it does suggest everyone
be ready at all times, because His return would come suddenly,
like "a thief in the night," and Jesus Himself warned to "be
ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not
expect." (Matthew 24:44 New King James Version)

The 24th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew features Jesus
answering his apostles' questions about signs of His coming and
the end of the current age, and Jesus provides a laundry list of
events including wars and rumors of wars, false Christs,
famines, pestilences, earthquakes and great tribulation, with
many believers being slain.

Jesus noted, "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached
in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall
the end come." (Matthew 24:14 King James Version)
The 24th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew features Jesus
answering his apostles' questions about signs of His coming and
the end of the current age, and Jesus provides a laundry list of
events including wars and rumors of wars, false Christs,
famines, pestilences, earthquakes and great tribulation, with
many believers being slain.

Jesus noted, "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached
in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall
the end come." (Matthew 24:14 King James Version)

He also said: "The day is coming when you will see what Daniel
the prophet spoke about – the sacrilegious object that causes
desecration standing in the Holy Place." (Reader, pay
attention!) "Then those in Judea must flee to the hills."
(Matthew 24:15-16 New Living Translation)

This reference to the "Holy Place" has many believing that a new
temple of God will have to be constructed in Jerusalem before
Jesus' return.

Some Christians, such as Noel Hornor of the Good News Magazine,
think the 2012 prognostications are the result of misplaced
fears and reliance on pagan systems rather than the Bible
itself.

Hornor writes: "Yes, Dec. 21, 2012, will come and go, Dec. 22
will arrive, and the Earth will go on. And so will new theories
regarding new exact dates for the end of the world. The cry has
been shouted by strident voices for millennia, and you can be
sure it will continue."

As for Tom Horn, he says he never places any pagan prophecy
ahead of the Bible, but just wonders why so many different and
unrelated civilizations talk about the end of days in December
2012.

"I would not say that I'm yet convinced that 2012 will be
anything more than the next Y2K," he said, referring to the
misplaced hysteria about the world coming to an end when 1999
turned into 2000.

"It's very easy to take extraordinary circumstances to interpret
in Bible prophecy, and then it doesn't develop. There were lots
of reasons to believe Hitler was the Antichrist. He wasn't. He
was an antichrist, but not the Antichrist."

"All I can do is bring to the surface the good research," Horn
concluded. "I'm kind of holding back, leaning today that 2012
isn't going to mean anything. But in the back of my mind, I
can't forget all these cultures."